1. Open Messages. 2. Tap into a chat with a saved contact. 3. Tap either the person's or group's name near the top of the chat. 4. Tap Backgrounds. You'll see up to seven options near the top of the ...

It's not exactly groundbreaking (or even original), but Apple's announcement during its WWDC keynote that you'll be able to add a background image in Messages could save me and my friend groups. Apple ...

With this new feature, you can make your own picture a background, use one of Apple's premade backgrounds and, if you have an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone, you can generate your own unique ...

Apple has introduced five new group-focused features in the Messages app with iOS 26. The update improves everyday group ...

A highly requested feature, dark mode, is now available in Android Messages. As with the new YouTube dark mode, Android Messages users can eliminate the bright white background, instead switching to a ...

The “Conversations” widget that Google introduced with Android 12 Beta 2 last week has an interesting hidden property. It can change the background depending on the content of the message, the folks ...

Apple’s iOS 26 public beta introduces an exciting new feature: the ability to customize iMessage chat backgrounds. This update transforms the messaging experience by allowing users to personalize ...

Messages is one of the more popular apps on the iPhone, so Apple's not going to let any opportunity to add new features to its built-in messaging tool go by. So even though the focus with this year's ...

The release of iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 has been anything but smooth and predictable. Apple has been hard at work addressing all the issues that have cropped up and making all the promised features ...